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LibriVox recording of A Voyage to the South Sea, by William Bligh. Read by Tom Crawford. A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty’s ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an account of the Mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship’s boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in... ( 2 reviews ) Topics: librivox, literature, audiobook, adventure, history, sea stories Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text

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Librivox recording of The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss. Read by Mark F. Smith. The Swiss Family Robinson has delighted generations of readers with its exciting tale of a family which, though shipwrecked, displays “the right stuff” and builds a charming colony that later, they do not want to leave. Cut off from the comforts and companionship of other humans, they use a familiarity with natural history and biology to find the resources and build the tools to construct a canoe,... ( 3 reviews ) Topics: librivox, swiss family robinson, wyss, audiobook, literature Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text

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LibriVox recording of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe. Read by Mark F. Smith. Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoe’s hard-luck character is still the standard for “growing where you’re planted.” Captured by pirates, he makes his break in a small boat and undergoes desperate adventures before winning his way back to civilization. But Crusoe proves willing to chance his luck a second time when, after sweating his way to prosperity as a planter in Brazil, he undertakes a voyage that... ( 4 reviews ) Topics: librivox, audiobooks, crusoe, defoe, sea stories, shipwreck Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text

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LibriVox recording of Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling. Read by Mark F. Smith. Real men don't take guff from snotty kids. Neither does Disko Troop, skipper of the "We're Here", a fishing schooner out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, when his crew fishes Harvey Cheyne out of the Atlantic. There's no place on the Grand Banks for bystanders, so Harvey is press-ganged into service as a replacement for a man lost overboard and drowned. Harvey is heir to a vast fortune, but his rescuers... ( 5 reviews ) Topics: librivox, audiobooks, fiction, adventure, saltwater fishing, rescues, teenage boys Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text

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Librivox recording of Kim by Rudyard Kipling. Read by Adrian Praetzellis. Kim is a fabulous adventure story set in India during the former British Empire. It tells the story of a street-wise but (in typical Kipling fashion) highly moral Anglo-Indian boy who becomes enmeshed the “the Great Game” -– the competition between Britain and Russia for control over Asia. Taking time off from his role as the traveling companion of an aged Tibetan lama, the boy is trained as a spy, matches wits with... ( 6 reviews ) Topics: librivox, audiobooks, kim, kipling, india Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text

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Librivox recording of Sailing Alone Around the World, by Joshua Slocum. Read by Alan Chant. Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail around the world alone in a small boat. He personally rebuilt an 11.2 metre sloop-rigged fishing boat that he named the Spray. On April 24, 1895, he set sail from Boston, Massachusetts. More than three years later, he returned to Newport, Rhode Island, on June 27, 1898 having circumnavigated the world, a distance of 46,000 miles (74,000 km). In 1899 he described... ( 9 reviews ) Topics: librivox, audiobook, adventure, sailing, sea, nautical Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text